convenient

Adjective
Synonyms: commodious

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (2)

  1. suited to your comfort or purpose or needs“a convenient excuse for not going”
  2. large and roomy (`convenient' is archaic in this sense)“a commodious harbor”“a commodious building suitable for conventions”Synonyms: commodious
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Convenient \Con*ven"ient\ (?; 277), a. [L. conveniens, -entis, suitable, p. pr. of convenire to be suitable, to come. See Convene, v. i.]

1.Fit or adapted; suitable; proper; becoming; appropriate. [Archaic] [1913 Webster]

Feed me with food convenient for me.— Prov. xxx. 8.[1913 Webster]
Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient.— Eph. v. 4.[1913 Webster]

2.Affording accommodation or advantage; well adapted to use; handly; as, a convenient house; convenient implements or tools. [1913 Webster]

3.Seasonable; timely; opportune; as, a convenient occasion; a convenient season. --Acts xxiv. 25. [1913 Webster]

4.Near at hand; easy of access. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]

Hereties used to be brought thither, convenient for burning.— Thackeray.

Syn: Fit; suitable; proper; adapted; fitted; suited; handly; commodious. [1913 Webster]

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